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[theinquirer] Windows 10: Microsoft is spamming Chrome users with pop-up adverts

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We've been here before. Windows 10 users have already been spammed with full-screen Tomb Raider ads, pop-up ads for the firm's rewards programme, and nag screens that try to get Chrome and Firefox users to switch to Microsoft's own Edge browser.

The firm is once again setting its sights on Google Chrome users, with a new pop-up advertisement pestering users of the browser to install its Shopping Assistant add-on.

As spotted by Myce, when the browser is pinned to the taskbar, a notification above the Chrome icon begs: "Quickly compare prices online. Get Microsoft's Personal Shopping Assistant for Chrome."
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none here either
 
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I don't have anything blocking MS ads and have never seen this either, thankfully.
 
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no, I have updates set in group policy and use spybot for block of telemetry
 
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Firefox user here, not once has this happened to me yet. I hope it stays that way!
 
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already read another article which, unlike this one, tells ya that turning off the "get fun facts tips tricks and what not" in settings>personalization>lockscreen resolves the "issue"
 
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Daily chrome user, haven't seen this... ever.
 
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Originally Posted by looniam View Post

already read another article which, unlike this one, tells ya that turning off the "get fun facts tips tricks and what not" in settings>personalization>lockscreen resolves the "issue"
Ah, yes I have disabled that, it was super annoying even before this.
 
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This is highly sensationalized.
 
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I'm sure Win10 out of the box will do stuff like this but once you actually dive into the settings and disable all that crap you won't see it. No need for pitchforks here..
 
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I got some weird Tomb Raider ad on my lock screen once (before I downloaded the windows tweaker tool and removed as much bloat as I could). Really strange.
I also got these weird links about and pop ups about how MS Edge was "faster" than X browser I was installing, or how it was better for battery life.

Annoying, obnoxious, unwanted, invasive - soon to be uninstalled.
Not quite sure which windows version I'm going to go back to yet. Trusty 7 or maybe try my luck with 8.1 when I'm not using linux.
W10 beta just not worth it yet. Maybe when they get the ten thousand kinks worked out, or stop using their consumer base as beta testers for unfinished products.
 
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Start Menu->Settings -> Notifications & Actions ->
turn off "Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows"

end of WIN10 spam.

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Originally Posted by Serious_Don View Post

Windows 10 stole my credit card and purchased about 50 steam games during the Christmas sale that I happen to be playing all the time now.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just agree with me
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Windows 10.... ah shoot I'm still on Win 7.
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Originally Posted by looniam View Post

already read another article which, unlike this one, tells ya that turning off the "get fun facts tips tricks and what not" in settings>personalization>lockscreen resolves the "issue"
I was going to say I've never seen this.

Can't say I have any real issues with it, I got Windows 10 for free and if the price to pay for that is 5 minutes during initial setup in group policy/settings disabling this and telemetry then it seems like a reasonable cost.
 
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